Candide vs OtakuShelf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Candide
Experience Voltaire's "Candide" with professional narration in English, French, or German. This app features synchronized audio and text, allowing you to read, listen, or do both simultaneously. It's designed for contemplation, language learning, and aiding those with reading challenges.
- Multilingual narration (English, French, German)
- Synchronized audio and text highlighting
- Read, listen, or read+listen modes
- Bookmark functionality
- Adjustable font size and style
- Night and day reading modes
- Background audio playback
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This app combines "Candide” by French philosopher Voltaire with professional human narration. The app offers the book in 3 languages: English, French and German. This is a book for those desiring to contemplate life. It tells the story of Candide, who gets kicked out of the castle, forced to serve on a boat, shipwrecked, robbed, tortured, and on and on, without losing his desire to continue forward in life. With sync audio feature you can both read and listen to your favorite book. The app will highlight the sentence being narrated so that you can follow along as the words are read aloud. Benefits of sync audio feature: ● allowing everybody to enjoy their favourite book by reading, listening or reading+listening ● a useful tool for kids to learn reading or for people to learn a foreign language ● a valuable tool for people affected by reading disorders and dyslexia ● Long press a word and tap "Play" to activate sync narration Thanks to sync narration feature, you can change from reading to listening or vice versa easily. ● other features: - bookmark - change font size and style - night and day reading mode - highlight text - book with original illustrations - Audio play in background (you can listen to the audio, while using other apps) ● If you want to give feedback, please use the feedback feature in the settings
OtakuShelf
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OtakuShelf rassemble toute ta culture dans une bibliothèque simple, colorée et privée. Ajoute tes animés, séries, films, mangas et livres, suis ta progression et retrouve rapidement ce que tu veux regarder ou lire ensuite. La recherche interroge plusieurs catalogues publics pour retrouver les fiches, affiches, notes, genres et synopsis. Ta bibliothèque, tes statuts, tes favoris et tes notes personnelles restent enregistrés localement sur ton téléphone. Fonctionnalités principales : bibliothèque unifiée, recherche multi-sources, fiches détaillées, suivi de progression, statuts personnalisés, favoris, notes personnelles et statistiques de collection. OtakuShelf ne permet pas de regarder ou de lire les contenus référencés. Les informations et images de catalogue sont fournies par les services externes concernés et nécessitent une connexion internet pendant la recherche.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OtakuShelf at none against Candide's 1. Candide's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Candide sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OtakuShelf asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Candide | OtakuShelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Huong Nguyen | jordan noumbo |
In-app purchases
Candide
- Unlock all$0.99
OtakuShelf
No in-app purchases









